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Mon 9 Dec, 2013 05:16 am
The Indians burned the forest down, knowing that the process would help bring crops.
Is the sentence correct? I'm not sure if "knowing" is correct? Should it be, "having known" or is "knowing" also okay?
Yes "knowing" is fine but I don't like the "would help bring crops" bit.
Maybe it'd be better to say "The Indians burned the forest down, knowing it would encourage the growth of crops"
@kwjdragon123,
"knowing" is correct here.
"having known" would be wrong.
@kwjdragon123,
Quote:The Indians burned the forest down, knowing that the process would help bring crops.
Is the sentence correct? I'm not sure if "knowing" is correct? Should it be, "having known" or is "knowing" also okay?
The problem with using "having known" is not a grammatical one. It is simply semantically unnatural.
The Indians burned the forest down,
having learned/discovered that the process would help [bring]
fertilize crops.
@kwjdragon123,
The sentence is OK grammatically but the usage sort of sucks. In fact, the idea sort of sucks; burning a forest down isn't going to do anything for crops.
@gungasnake,
Quote:In fact, the idea sort of sucks; burning a forest down isn't going to do anything for crops.
You seem to know as much about biology and plant science as you do about English grammar, Gunga. Which amounts to next to nothing.
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